Recent content by Libris

Given the current state of the project the perceived weak value does not seem to be much of an issue. I think idea of the prototype to volume production has always been part of the marketing hype from the crowd funders themselves - it looks good and hides the main part of their business...

Well, I’ve backed it. I’m not really bothered if it’s Traveller as we know it or not. I just like science fiction RPGs. To me Traveller isn’t about the LBB or 2D6 it’s the technological groundwork that the system lays down - jump drive, no FTL coms, battledress, grav vehicles, fusion guns and a...

I’ve backed this at the $350 level. I like the limited editions but have no interest in the Roll D20 stuff and an extra $250 just for the limited editions seems a bit steep. I really do hope they don’t go with the letters for starship drives - it always drove me nuts since the LBB in ‘77. I...

The spreadsheet seems to agrees with planetfall. It works out the shipping size of a 1 space Open Frame grav vehicle as 0.25 dTons. The relationship between Spaces and dTons seems to have a more nebulous approach than the description on p25 implies. The 2 spaces are 1 space and 4 spaces equals...

Alas, not my idea merely paraphrasing LBB Mercenary. High Energy weapons were the only ones with this type of progression though MD Guns did get increased range and burst size with each TL increase. But, there’s also no reason that different types of weapons can’t have different progression paths.

LUXURY INTERIOR Luxury interior space is anything but common areas. Any number of Spaces can become luxury space with increasing levels of high-end amenities, the variety of which are too vast to specify in all but general terms. At higher Tech Levels, more advanced systems, including...

But, the launch and recovery are in addition to the actual storage of the small craft. High Guard p63 A launch tube consumes an amount of tonnage equal to 10 times the size of the largest craft it must launch. In addition, each craft carried on the ship that use the launch tube must have a...

I completely agree that there doesn’t seem to be any real reason to round up but for small craft and vehicles Docking Bays it actually sort of makes sense. You do need a minimum amount of elbow room to work on something - say 1 dTon. It’s more around the narrative of why it rounds up. Sure, you...

IMHO that’s a Cargo Mount - well the cruiser lift.com thing is. It’s not a spaceship but… If there was a door from the RV to the bike and you could then immediately ride away it would be a Docking Clamp. If the RV extended to just cover the bike and you could easily access the bike from the RV...

It would indeed. I can't remember if Docking Bays are conformal meaning they only fit the craft/vehicle they're designed for though. Seems reasonable for small craft but I figure that any similar(ish) vehicle would fit.

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True. I think the problem really is that while the cost of hangers and docking bays seem reasonable relative to the price of small craft they are just ridiculously expensive for most vehicles - an ATV bay costs MCr2.75 and a hanger (garage?) costs MCr4 which seems a bit of over the top and...

Kind of makes docking bays and hangers redundant if that’s allowed. A 4 dTon air-raft needs a MCr1.25 5 dTon docking bay for a D3 minute launch/recovery or a MCr1.6 8 dTon hanger for a 2D minute launch/recovery. You’d never fit these if you could just stash it for easy access in a cargo deck or...

The spaces description thing on p25 isn’t great. The Vehicle Type on p28-33 tells you how many dTons it takes up as cargo and makes much more sense. Bear in mind that shipping volume refers to how much space it takes up as cargo, ie. crammed in and not easily accessible. To be easily...

Reminds me of an AOG (aircraft on ground) incident in middle of nowhere Australia that my mate dealt with where a small(ish) plane had suffered damage to the leading edge of the wing - nothing structural or dangerous but needed patched. After much back and forward, “Have you got x”, “No”, it...